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LEWIS F. BOWEN, JR., OF BALTIMORE,MARYLAND.

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Beit know n'that. I, Lewis F. BOWEN', J r., Va citizen of. the United States, residing at Baltimore, m the State of .\laryland, have invented certain new and useful Improveof which the lollowmg is a ments in Shirts, specification.

This invention relates to an improved shirt of the so-called "coat" tv )e in which front.

One object of the invention is to provide a construction that will permit the shirt to be removed from the body and put on again while the studs remain undisturbed inthe outer or over-lap pingr section of the bosom.

'lhe invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of a shirt embodying the invention and showing the )arts in their normal relative position as when the shirt is on the body of a wearer. Fig. 2, is a view showing the wrong or reverse side of a shirt-bosom having my invention. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are reverse views of one half of a shirt bosom showing leatures of the invention.

'l`he bosom, 1, 2, and skirt, 3, open from the neck-band to the bottom, and constitute the coat style of shirt. of this style the smoothness of the shirt.- bosom is marred bv the removal and re- Vinsertion of the studs, 4, when the shirt is taken oli and again put on. I have therefore provided a construction that will ermit studs which are used merely for t ieir ornamental effect, and not for utility, to remain undisturbed in the outer or over-lapping section of the bosom'when removing the shirt from the body.

The improved construction appertains solely to the bosom. 'T he bosom consist-s of the overlapping section, 1, and the underlapping sect-lon, 2; these have button-holes, 5, at the neck-band and button-holes, 6, at the lower end of the bosom a button or stud in each will serve to secure the two parts of the bosom together.

In carrying out my invention the studs, 4, are inserted only through holes in the Outer or over-lapping section, 1 these studs therefore are used merely for their ornamental 5 efl'ect, and do not assist to kee i the two sections of the bosom connected. To secure this latter result I provide a construction that will now lne-described.

The inner or reverse surface of the overlap- Specification of Letters Patzezit.Y Application med January e, reos.;v serial N9. 409,906.

In many shirts i fping bosom section, 1, has a. suitable Hap .Patented'Septh 22', 1908.

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tang, 7," which issecured by a row, S, of stitches extending vertically and close te the edge of` l said lmsom-section. In the drawing the'flap tang has a triangular or V-shape, but this shape may vary and any preferred shape may be employed. This flap 'tanghas a plural number of buttons, 9, which may be permanently stitched on in the present. instance two buttons are shown, but obviously three the shirt is on the body, will be folded back l from the edge of the bosom section, as shown in F ig. 4, and at such time the said buttons, 9, will have position next to the body of the wearer. The flap tang is held in the foldedback position by engaging with a button, 11, on the inside ofk the bosom. In the prese-nt instance a Ishort strap, 12, is shown attached f to the ila )and this strap has a hole that engages wit r the button, 11. The invent-ion, however, is not limited to the special construction shown. IVhen folded back, as in Fig. 4, the ilap covers the base, or fastener part, of the studs, 4, which project through only one side of the bosom.

When the yshirt is being laundered the flap t tang will be extended, as shown in Fig. 3, in

which position it may readily be ironed.

The under-lapping bosom section, 2, has no holes for studs, but is rovided with holes, 10, which engage with t le buttons, 9, on the flap tang. This under-lapping bosom section need have no other special construction. I deem it advantageous, however, to rovide ton-holes, 10, with a softer and more flexible edge than is usually possible with the thick i and stitlly-starched-linen bosom; a soft and more pliable edge enables the connection to l be easily made between the button holes, 10, l and but-tons, 9. A construction to effect this is shown in Figs. 2 and-5. The linen part of bosom-section, 2, is cut away along the vert-ical edge. a width about one-half to f live-eighths of an inch, indicated by the line, 13; and a facing of thin fabric, 14, 1s stitched on the bosom-section over the said removed j or cut-away part. v The. button-holes, 10, are i formed in the thin fabric facing, 14. The connection ot' the butt-ons, 9, on the flap of the overlapping section with the buttonthe under-lapping section which has t 1e butor more might be used. The flap tang, when vlioles, "10, on

a point between the stud holes and the vertieal edgeA thereof and said flap being turned back beneath the sectionato which it is attached and being providethwith buttons at one side, andthe ui'iderlapping bosom section pro]ectnig over the attached edge of the flap Aand the edge of said .underlapping section having a llexible portion Witlvbntton holes therein to receive the buttons on` the turned- 2. A shirt having a. bosom comprising an overlapping and an iinderlappiiig section,- the overlapping section having stud holes adjacent its vertical edge and a flexible flap attached at its inner side bet-Ween the stud holes and said edge,-said laphavingbuttons attac'iifed theretoV adjacent its secured edge and tl'e underlapping bosom section lia-ving a flexible fabric strip attached to its vertical edge and said strip lia-ving button holes for receiving the buttons on the flap of the other bosom section and means on the overlapping bosom section for detachably securing the movable end of the llap to said overlapping bosom section.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presenceof tivo Witnesses.

' LEWIS F. BOWEN, JR. Witnesses:

Cir-is. B. MANN, 

